Bushi no kakeibo
Abacus And Sword
(c) 2010 "Abacus And Sword" Film Partners
(c) 2010 "Abacus And Sword" Film Partners
- Release Date
- December, 4th, 2010
- Running Time
- 129 min
- Genre
- Drama , Children/Family , Historical , Feature
- Color
- Color
- Screening Format
- 35mm
- Screen Size
- American Vista (1:1.85)
- Sound Processing
- Dolby SRD
- Subtitle
- English
[ Directed by ]
[ Produced by ]
[ Cast ]
- SAKAI Masato ── INOYAMA Naoyuki
- NAKAMA Yukie ── INOYAMA Koma
- MATSUZAKA Keiko ── INOYAMA Tsune
[ Staff ]
- ISODA Michifumi ── Original Story
- KASHIWADA Michio ── Screenplay
- OSHIMA Michiru ── Music
- OKIMURA Yukihiro ── Cinematography
- WATANABE Mitsuo ── Lighting
[ Production Company ]
"Abacus And Sword" Film Partners
[ Distributor (Japan) ]
Asmik Ace Entertainment, SHOCHIKU
[ Story ]
A film adaptation of the book by Isoda Michifumi, in which he paints a picture of life in the final days of the Tokugawa shogunate, based on his painstaking analysis of the household accounts left behind by a low ranking samurai. Director Morita Yoshimitsu, known for tackling a wide range of genres, portrays the inner workings of a samurai household fighting to tighten its finances in this compassionate historical drama. The Inoyama family have been in the service of Kaga clan as expert accountants and reckoners. The 8th head of the Inoyama family, Naoyuki (Sakai Masato), is so phenomenally gifted when it comes to numbers that his colleagues call him an "abacus maniac." In order to cope with the increasing expenses that come with trying to move up in the world, he works together with his wife Koma (Nakama Yukie) and family to do all they can to economize.
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